Lenovo System x3250 M5 - Installing an Lenovo Serveraid SAS;SATA Controller

Figure54.Adapterinstallation
Step7.InstallthePCIriser-cardassembly(see“ReplacingthePCIriser-cardassembly”onpage78).
Attention:Whenyouinstallanadapter,makesurethattheadapteriscorrectlyseatedinthePCI
riser-cardassemblyandthatthePCIriser-cardassemblyissecurelyseatedintheriser-card
connectoronthesystemboardbeforeyouturnontheserver.Anincorrectlyseatedadaptermight
causedamagetothesystemboard,thePCIriser-cardassembly,ortheadapter.
Ifyouhaveotherdevicestoinstall,dosonow.Otherwise,goto“Completingtheinstallation”onpage78.
Note:IftheserverisconfiguredforRAIDoperationthroughanoptionalServeRAIDadapter,youmighthave
toreconfigureyourdiskarraysafteryouinstallanadapter.SeetheServeRAIDdocumentationonthe
LenovoServerRAIDSupportCDforadditionalinformationaboutRAIDoperationandcompleteinstructions
forusingServeRAIDManager.
InstallinganLenovoServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontroller
UsethisinformationtoinstallanLenovoServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontroller.
Forconfigurationinformation,seetheServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollerdocumentationat
http://www.lenovo.com/support.
Important:ToensurethatanyofyourLenovoServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollersfunctionproperlyon
UEFI-basedservers,makesurethattheServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollerfirmwareandsupportingdevice
driversareupdatedtothelatestversion.
Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”onpage31.
Ifyouareinstallinganoptionaldeviceintheserver,youneedtoslidetheserveroutfromtherackenclosure,
turnofftheserverandperipheraldevices,anddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables.
Note:Forbrevity,inthisdocumentationtheLenovoServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollerisoftenreferredtoas
theSAS/SATAadapterortheServeRAIDadapter.
ToinstallanLenovoServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontroller,completethefollowingsteps.
Step1.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage33).
Chapter2.Installingoptionaldevices61